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This course explores how to write clearly about numbers, data and descriptive statistics, how text is turned into data and what such ‘datafication’ implies for communication practices. The first part of the course covers writing techniques, introductory data visualisation, presentation approaches for different audiences, and issues of interpretation and bias. The second part of the course focuses on textual data more closely, introducing common methods for analysing and extracting information from texts, then turns to a critical examination of social and ethical issues that arise through data collection and analysis.
Gain basic data literacy for writing about data.Identify and interpret patterns in data and communicate them appropriately using prose, tables and chartsDevelop awareness of important concepts, terminology and usage used in presenting quantitative information. Critically analyse the rhetorical and technical practices inherent in data visualisations. Identify processes of ‘datafication’ in everyday life and consider their implications. Explore the privacy and ethical issues associated with writing about data.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
Any 60 points at 100-level.
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Christopher Thomson
Daria Kuznetsova
Domestic fee $894.00
International fee $4,100.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Humanities .